Emergency Medical Services Agency

Welcome to the County of El Dorado

Emergency Medical Services Agency

The mission of the County of El Dorado Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency is to ensure that the EMS system delivers the highest possible quality of prehospital emergency medical care to victims of

illness and injury in the County of El Dorado.

EMS Agency Office Location

The El Dorado County EMS Agency location and mailing address are:

2900 Fairlane CourtPlacerville, CA 95667

Please update your address listing accordingly. Our location is below the El Dorado County Library and accessed from the rear of the building, through the loading dock. Click here for more information.

The EMS Agency is excited to announce that the Paramedic Accreditation Training & Skills (PATS) web database program is up and running! The database is designed to facilitate the tracking of skills required for accreditation and re-certification of Paramedics. Please click on the PATS link (located in the menu at the top left of the page) to begin tracking your skills and training today! Please contact the EMS Agency with any questions or concerns you may have regarding this new program.

Paramedic Application Informational Videos

The EMS Authority (EMSA) is proud to present its new Paramedic Application Informational Videos. All too often paramedic initial and renewal applications are returned for simple and preventable mistakes. In an effort to help paramedics avoid licensure delays, the staff at EMSA has put together videos for reducing simple errors on the paramedic applications, these videos offer tips on identifying common mistakes and how to avoid them. The videos run between 4-6 minutes creating a quick and informative aide. Click on the following link to access the video:

The Change From "A-B-C" to "C-A-B"The newest development in the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC is a change in the basic life support (BLS) sequence of steps from "A-B-C" (Airway, Breathing, Chest compressions) to "C-A-B" (Chest compressions, Airway, Breathing) for adults and pediatric patients (children and infants, excluding newly borns). Although the experts agreed that it is important to reduce time to first chest compressions, they were aware that a change in something as established as the A-B-C sequence would require re-education of everyone who has ever learned CPR.
Click here for more information.

Click here to review the "Highlights of the 2010 America Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC"

Your Healthcare Expertise Makes the Difference

All healthcare professionals are needed to volunteer for public service in the event of a significant disaster or a public health emergency. You can make a difference during times of disaster by helping people, animals and your community. For more information,
click here.

Subscribe to Free Email Notification To Know When We Update Our Website! You can now sign up to receive an email notice when certain pages of our website are updated. Perhaps you want to know when a new "Paramedic Alert" has been posted, or there is a change to an EMS policy. Just click on the logo
if it appears on the top of the page you are interested in and follow the instructions to subscribe to this service. You will get an email from us automatically every time we update that page. You can subscribe to as many pages as you wish. It's free and it's easy. Try it today!